Title Once upon an Oldman : special interest politics and the Oldman River Dam / Jack Glenn

Published Vancouver, B.C. : UBC Press, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 329 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits Contents The Oldman River Basin -- In the beginning -- The ECA Review -- A dam on the Oldman -- Interlude -- The battle joined -- The EARPGO challenge -- Carry on regardless -- The lonefighters -- 7 September 1990 -- In the aftermath -- The federal review -- The panel reports -- And thereafter -- The iron triangle and the Oldman River Dam -- The environment and its friends -- Archaeology -- Biological diversity -- EARPGO and the courts -- FOR and the attorney general -- The Peigan Indians -- The Peigan and the Oldman River Dam : I -- The Peigan and the Oldman River Dam : II -- The federal watchdog : I -- The federal watchdog : II -- Iniquity and betrayal -- The Peigan, politics, and the courts -- The environment, politics, and the courts -- Information and disinformation -- Does it matter? Summary Once Upon an Oldman is an account of the controversy that surrounded the Alberta government's construction of a dam on the Oldman River to provide water for irrigation in the southern part of the province. Glenn argues that, despite claims to the contrary, the governments of Canada and Alberta are not dedicated to protecting the environment and will even circumvent the law to avoid accepting responsibility for safeguarding the environment and the interests of Native people. Glenn describes the geography and history of the Oldman River basin, the institutional arrangements behind the dam project, and the ongoing controversy as it has unfolded since 1976. He then takes a close look at the disparate groups involved in the controversy: the governments of Alberta and Canada and their agencies, the Southern Alberta Water Management Committee, the Friends of the Oldman River Society, and the Peigan Indian Band. Considering these in the context of issues raised by the project, he discusses water management and irrigation, environmental impacts, and implications for the culture and beliefs of the Peigan, including their claim to a share of the flow of the river. This book pulls together information from a wide range of sources: the media, correspondence of politicians and public servants, reports from government agencies, environmental groups, and the Peigan Indians, court decisions, and interviews. What emerges is a disturbing and fascinating tale of confrontation, pitting governments against environmentalists and Native people, that convincingly demonstrates that resorting to the courts is an ineffective way to protect both the environment and those who have lived here since before the arrival of Europeans Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-321) and index Includes notes, bibliography (pages 313-321), and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Piegan Indians -- Government relations Environmental policy -- Alberta -- Oldman River Watershed Piegan Indians -- Alberta -- Government relations Pressure groups -- Alberta -- Oldman River Valley -- History Dams -- Environmental aspects -- Alberta -- Oldman River BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General. Pressure groups Dams -- Environmental aspects Environmental policy Politics and government SUBJECT Oldman River Dam (Alta.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95003438 Oldman River Dam (Alta.) -- History Alberta -- Politics and government -- 1971- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86000111 Oldman River Watershed (Alta.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93002185 Subject Alberta -- Oldman River Valley Alberta -- Oldman River Alberta Alberta -- Oldman River Dam Alberta -- Oldman River Watershed Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780774852289 0774852283 128313134X 9781283131346 9786613131348 6613131342 0585321183 9780585321189

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